You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

I stand corrected

'Scared': NDIS shake-up sparks fear of cuts to support - Michael West Impending major changes for the National Disability Insurance Scheme have participants worried they will be left without critical support.

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
‘Scared’: NDIS shake-up sparks fear of cuts to support.
Impending major changes for the National Disability Insurance Scheme have participants worried they will be left without critical support....
michaelwest.com.au/scared-ndis-...

No one is doing more than #BekahDay. Her journalism is so needed right now. She is so amazing at these deep dives and connecting the dots. 🙏🏼thank you.

Gas exporters face grilling amid 25 per cent levy push - Michael West Criticisms of Australia's tax regime for gas exports are being levelled at producers and business groups, which argue higher taxes will chill investment.

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Gas exporters face grilling amid 25 per cent levy push.
Criticisms of Australia's tax regime for gas exports are being levelled at producers and business groups, which argue higher taxes will chill invest...
michaelwest.com.au/gas-exporter...

I remember a month or so ago, when some people said I was "sensationalising" or "making shit up" and here's an older, more senior and more experienced specialist journalist than I, stating exactly what I said in the first place.

Not involved in the Iran war? Bullshit? Australia is involved.

Plan B: insulating ourselves from the US P&I today begins a major new series - rethinking Australia's foreign policy. The United States is becoming more erratic and less reliable, and Australia must respond by insulating itself – strengtheni...

"We have a swarm of US bases on our [Australian] soil. The most significant is Pine Gap, which is currently very active in supporting Israeli attacks in Gaza and US attacks on Iran."

johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

I'm pointing out you'll need to keep recipts, the $1000 receiptless claim has been available for some time 🤷‍♀️

Explainer #Auspol
"What if I have more than $1,000 in expenses?

Bad news.

You’ll need to list and substantiate all of your work-related expenses, which means you better keep all of your receipts.

Basically, this change to the rules is no help at all if your expenses are more than $1,000."

#Auspol #USpol

#Auspol #USpol

News organisations need to be unflinching in their use of strong language to describe Trump. Too often we have normalised the abnormal. Mea culpa. I did it myself at the BBC and often came up against institutional timidity. My weekend read.

open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

#Auspol #USpol

PLEASE READ👇🏻

Melania & the trump criminal enterprise are TERRIFIED about what Amanda Ungaro is revealing & will EXPOSE them. She spoke with @couriernewsroom.bsky.social

Ungaro an alleged Epstein survivor, who is speaking out with allegations involving Melania & connections to Jeffrey Epstein

The Woman Who Knows Too Much: An Interview with Amanda Ungaro Last week, Melania Trump issued a mysterious six-minute statement from the White House podium in language couched in legalese, denying that she was friends with Jeffrey Epstein and threatening “those ...

BREAKING: COURIER’s Nina Burleigh talks to former model and friend of The Trumps, Amanda Ungaro, about Melania’s relationship with Epstein, Paolo Zampolli’s personal life, and whether or not she's ready to testify.

Big yucks 🤮

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

#Auspol

How will history regard the Albanese government? On turning a blind eye to war crimes in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon

Australia has done nothing while Israel has assassinated journalists, medics, aid workers, diplomats, foreign & spiritual leaders. Through the war crimes & illegal invasions, Albanese has done nothing even to dissuade Israel – no sanctions, no support for arrest warrants.
Is there even a red line?

A clear message to the people of NSW that they are not their Premier's primary concern

@ronnisalt.bsky.social
#Auspol #NSWpol #ChrisMinns

#Auspol

Minns' anti-protest laws unlawful - The Klaxon The NSW Government’s highly-controversial anti-protest law has been struck down as unconstitutional by the state’s highest court.

🚨NSW anti-protest laws ruled unconstitutional, massive blow for Chris Minns Government and vested interests.

Huge week for democracy, with High Court yesterday unanimously ruling Victorian ALP Govt's rigging of donations laws likewise unconstitutional.
theklaxon.com.au/ouub

Politicians, media hacks & anyone claiming AFP "overstepped" got a reality check today. Court heard evidence BRS had “advanced plans” to scuttle overseas & made a “deliberate decision” to hide this from authorities.

Time to stop making excuses for the elite.
#auspol

Why not both?
It's the least NSW deserves

Chris Minns is a constitutional vandal. He must apologise for NSW protest laws or resign NSW Premier Chris Minns' protest laws have been ruled unconstitutional. He shouldn't just be 'disappointed', he should hang his head in shame.

"These politicians demonstrated that it is they who are incompatible with the system of representative and responsible government entrenched by the constitution. They should admit it, apologise, and do better, or join their stupid law in the bin."

Latest Safeguard Mechanism data shows Australia’s centrepiece climate policy is primarily a clearinghouse for low-integrity offsets — Climate Integrity The latest data published by the CER shows industrial emitters relying heavily on the use of offsets to meet emissions reductions under the Safeguard Mechanism, rather than investing in long-term, sys...

1/ The Safeguard Mechanism is Australia’s primary policy for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of 🇦🇺's biggest industrial emitters

The 🇦🇺 govt Clean Energy Regulator’s published data for the period over 2024-2025 “shows the nation’s flagship climate policy is underperforming its own poor design"

You're welcome

same here I wasn't able to connect to their official page til now
"Some systems down
We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos
We are starting to see some early recovery, but many users and services are still impacted.
April 16, 2026 at 06:42 GMT+00:00"
status.bsky.app

Bluesky down? Current problems and outages - AU Real-time problems and outages for Bluesky. Is Bluesky down? Here you see what is going on.

FYI #Auspol
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Bluesky down? Current problems and outages - AU Real-time problems and outages for Bluesky. Is Bluesky down? Here you see what is going on.

you and everyone else lol
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